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(II) Samuel, son of John Hill, resided in what was then Massachusetts and what are now Maine and New Hampshire. He purchased land and moved to Kittery prior to 1696. A deed on record shows that he was residing there at that time with his family. His name appears in other records and on various petitions. He was once summoned in answer to a claim of the proprietors of the province in a plea of trespass with his father. He owned estates in Portsmouth which then included a large district, and some of his sons were settled in what is now New Hampshire on these lands. On Febru- ary 9, 1695, he purchased an estate at Strawberry Bank of Samuel Cutts. His will was executed Au- gust 28, 1713, at which time he was in Portsmouth but called himself of Kittery. His will was pro- bated in 1723, which approximately indicates the time of his death. He was married, October 28, 1680, to Elizabeth Williams, who was probably a daughter of William and Mary Williams, as all these parties joined in a deed of land at Oyster River in 1696. His wife survived him and administered his estate. His children were: John. Elizabeth, Mary, Hannah, Abigail, Samuel, Sarah, Benjamin and Jo- seph.
(III) Samuel (2), second son and sixth child of Samuel (I) and Elizabeth ( Williams) Hill, was born December 13, 1696, probably in Kittery. He resided in that part of that town which in 1810 was incorporated as Elliot, and was an original member of the Congregational Church which was organized there in 1721. He subsequently settled upon a part of the ancestral estate which is in what is now Durham, New Hampshire, but little record of his movements can be found. He was married, November 22, 1716, to Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Haley) Nelson, of Newington. His children were: Elizabeth, Samuel, Benjamin, Nel- son, Joseph, George, Catherine, Temperance, Mary and John.
(IV) Samuel (3), eldest son and second child
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of Samuel (2) and Mary ( Nelson) Hill, was born December 12, 1719, probably in Kittery, and grew up in Durham, at Oyster river. He became a large landholder there, and left a good estate. Among his sons were Samuel and Benjamin. (Mention of the latter and descendants appears in this article.)
(V) Samuel (4), son of Samuel (3) Hill, of Durham, was the owner of a large estate in Dur- ham, as evidenced by the number of land trans- fers on record. He married Hannah Longley, of Durham, and settled in Loudon, New Hampshire, before 1782. Their children were: Levi, Samuel, Parvis, Hannah, Thomas and Sarah.
(VI) Levi, eldest son of Samuel (4) and Han- nah (Longley) Hill, was born May 5, 1782, in Loudon, where he passed his life, engaged in agri- culture. He was married, September 12, 1802, in Canterbury, by Rev. Winthrop Young, to Lydia Wiggin, of Canterbury, and they were the parents of four sons and one daughter. Langdon, Joseph and Franklin resided in Springfield, New Hampshire. Susan was the wife of Rev. Timothy Coe, an Advent clergyman, of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Mention of the other son follows.
(VII) Cyrus, third son of Levi and Lydia (Wiggin) Hill, was born in 1815, in Loudon, and spent most of his life in Concord. In early life he learned the hatter's trade, and this he followed industriously and successfully. On account of im- paired health he paid a visit to Minnesota, and there- after made annual trips to that state to look after his business interests there. He became owner, in partnership with a Mr. White, of Claremont, New Hampshire, of a stage line, and also dealt extensively in ginseng root, making his headquarters at Fari- bault. He did a large business for many years in this herb, which found a ready sale in China, and realized a handsome profit from it. This illustrates his readiness to perceive and grasp an opportunity. Mr. Hill continued his residence in Concord until his death, which occurred April 10, 1875, and built the Cyrus Hill Building, which was completed in 1869. He was a staunch Democrat of the old school, was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal parish, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he filled the chairs of honor. He was a major of militia, and represented ward four of Concord in the state legislature. He was married, November 26, 1838, to Nancy L. Walker, a daughter of Wil- liam Walker, of Concord (see Walker). They had ten children, of whom four are now living. Men- tion of William W. follows. Charles C. resides in Concord. Frank Pierce has charge of the Carnegie libraries in Brooklyn, New York. Mary W. is the widow of Hon. Fletcher Ladd, of Lancaster, New Hampshire.
(VIII) William Walker, son of Cyrus and Nancy L. (Walker) Hill, was born December 13, 1844, in Concord, and his home has ever been in that city. His education was supplied by its public schools and Pembroke and New London academies. In early life he was a clerk for his father, and be- came a partner in the business of the latter in 1869, which was discontinued soon after the death of the senior partner. In 1877 Mr. W. W. Hill was appointed a postal clerk in the railway mail service, and continued in that capacity for a period of eight years, resigning in March, ISS5. In the following summer he was proprietor of the Winslow House, a summer hotel at Kearsarge, this state, and next year kept the Hotel Champlain at Maquam, Vermont. In January, 1887, following the death of his father-in-law, he became associated in the man- agement of the Quincy House in Boston, one of the
finest hotels in New England, and so continued three years. Mr. Hill is among the most steadfast sup- porters of Republican principles, and he has taken active part in public affairs in his home city and state. He served as ward clerk, and was appointed commissioner of deeds for Merrimack county, which position he filled creditably. Under Governor Sawyer he was appointed as liquor commissioner of the state, but did not serve, and he is ever ready to bear the part of a good citizen. Of social and genial nature, he enjoys the esteem of a large number of acquaintances. He was married, October 15, 1873, at Enfield Centre, New Hamp- shire, to Ella H. Johnson, daughter of James Willis Johnson (see Johnson). They had two daugh- ters, Blanche and Gretchen, both of whom died in childhood.
(V) Benjamin (2), son of Samuel Hill, of Dur- ham, was born probably about the year 1745, and it was he who left his home town and planted a branch of the family in Northwood, New Hampshire, hav- ing moved to that town from Epping, New Hamp- shire. He married Elizabeth Dudley, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Gordon) Dudley, of Brent- wood, New Hampshire. She died about 1810 or ISII, having borne her husband ten children : Sarah, who married Colonel Samuel Sherborn. Nicholas Dudley, a soldier of the Revolution, and was with his father when he died at Ticonderoga, September 17, 1776. Jonathan, born in Epping, mar- ried Abigail Tilton. Elizabeth, married Nathaniel Dearborn, of Epping. Benjamin, married Lydia Bunker, of Barnstead. Samuel, married Judith Carr, of Epping. Deborah, married John Prescott, of Epsom. Trueworthy, married. (first) a Miss Drew, and (second) Mrs. Chapman, and (third ) a Miss Mathes. Noah, married Nancy Furber. Abi- gail, married a Miss Rowe, of Allenstown.
(VI) Samuel, third son and sixth child of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Dudley) Hill, was born in 1768, and died December 22, 1854. His wife, Judith (Carr) Hill, was born in 1771, and died November 4, 1864. They had twelve children, nine sons and three daughters, viz .: Chase C., born 1792, died November 28, 1868; married Comfort Palmer, of Deerfield, New Hampshire. Dudley C., born 1795, married (first) Judith Bartlett, (second ) Mrs. Elizabeth Blake. Samuel, born 1797, died 1875; married Sally Edgerly, of Acton, Maine. Mary, born 1799, died at Worcester, Massachusetts; mar- ried (first ) Daniel Hoitt, of Northwood, and (sec- ond) John Oakes. Josephi, born March 11, 1801, married, March 21, 1821, Matilda Danielson, born at Northwood, April 1, 1805, died March 6, 1868. Charlotte, born 1803, married Aaron Boody, of Barrington. John C., born March 26, 1805. Ed- son, born September 13, 1807, married Olive J. Durgin, of Northwood. Eliza, born 1809, died in infancy. Mark P., born 1812, married Mary Davis, of Boston. Charles C., born 1814, married Eliza- beth Smith. Oliver N., born 1816, died 1855; mar- ried Elizabeth Bent, of Boston.
(VII) John C., seventh child of Samuel and Judith (Carr) Hill, was born in Northwood, New Hampshire, March 26, 1805, and died in that town, August 28, 1890. During early manhood he be- came a blacksmith and worked some time at that trade, but his chief occupation in life was farming. His wife was Rebecca J. Bartlett, daughter of Philip Bartlett. She was born in Northwood, June 30, 1807, and died in that town January 9, 1894. John C. Hill and his wife enjoyed worthy companion- ship for many years, lived a quiet home life together and attended regularly at the Baptist Church. Their
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family was not large, and comprised three children, one son and two daughters: Ivory B., see forward. Lauretta C., born April 21, 1838, married, May 20, 1868, Charles M. Perry, of Barrington, New Hamp- shire. Emily A., born May 4, 1845, married, May I, 1865, Frank H. Bennett.
(VIII) Ivory B., only son and eldest child of John C. and Rebecca J. (Bartlett) Hill, was born in Northwood, New Hampshire, November 17, 1833, died April 21, 1906. For many years he had been a prominent man in that town, and for more than twenty-five years engaged in the lumber business and otherwise had been identified with its best interests. In religious preference he followed the instruction of his parents and was a Baptist, and in politics by birth and inclination a strong Democrat. On December 31, 1854, Mr. Hill married Eliza Fogg, who was born in Northwood. October 22, 1835. Their four children are: Roscoe Eugene P., born in Northwood, December 3. 1858, married Grace Babb and lives in Pittsfield, New Hampshire ; Clarence I., born in Northwood,. July 22, 1860, and lives in that town; Alice, born in Northwood, De- cember 26, 1861, married Rev. W. F. Ineson, and lives in Littleton, New Hampshire ; and Roscoe, born in Northwood, October 9, 1856.
(IX) Roscoe, oldest son of Ivory B. and Eliza (Fogg) Hill, was born in the town of Northwood, New Hampshire, October 9, 1856, and obtained his earlier education in public schools and Coe's North- wood Academy. Having determined to enter the medical profession, he took a course of preparatory studies and then matriculated at Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York City (now the medi- cal department of. New York University), graduat- ing with the degree of M. D. in 1882. He began his professional career at Norfolk, Connecticut, re- mained there two years, then practiced two years at Lynn, Massachusetts, and in 1887 located perma- nently at Epsom, New Hampshire. For twenty years Dr. Hill has engaged in active practice in the eastern part of Merrimack county and the northern part of Rockingham county, and is well known in medical circles in that part of the state. He has a good practice, and an excellent standing with men of his profession and in their organizations. He has passed all the chairs of Evergreen Lodge, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, member of Epsom Grange, No. 102, Patrons of Husbandry, member of the Baptist Church, and in politics is a Democrat. Dr. Hill married, October 29, 1884, Flora J. Holt, who was born in Pembroke, New Hampshire, Au- gust 22, 1857, daughter of Thomas R. and Esther M. (Parker) Holt, both natives of Pembroke.
(II) Jolın. (2), son of John (I) and Elizabeth (Strong) Hill, was born 1661, probably in Dover. The time is fixed by a deposition made by him, say- ing he was eighteen years of age, in 1679. He set- tled in Squamscot Patent, then in Exeter and near the present line of Greenland. He was styled "of Portsmouth" in 1716. When Stratham was incor- porated it was ordered that the new town include Squamscot Patent, "except the farms of John Hill, Thomas Letherly, Enoch Bartlett and Michael Hicks, which shall belong to the parish of Greenland." In 1710 John Hill, "formerly of Strawberry Bank, now of the parish of Greenland," sold land in Ports- mouth and Greenland. In the deeds his occupation is said to be a mason. His estate was in probate in 1781. No record of his marriage has been found. His sons were: Joshua, Joseph. John, and Benja- min. (The last named and descendants receive mention in this article).
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(III) Joshua, probably eldest son of Jolin (2) Hill, was the administrator of his father's estate. His petition was signed by Joseph, John and Benja- min, sons of the deceased. He lived in Stratham, where he was a farmer, and dicd soon after 1776. The name of his wife was Rachel. She survived him a dozen or more years, dying September 7, 1784, in Stratham. The only children found on record were Jane and Joseph. The former was born in 1731, and married in 1756, Jacob Rundlett, and lived in Stratham.
(IV) Joseph, son of Joshua and Rachel Hill, was born May 17, 1743, in Stratham, and resided in that town. He signed the association test there in 1776, and was a soldier in the Revolution. His wife's name was Molly, and they had eleven chil- dren born between 1765 and 1785, namely : Reuben, Joshua, Jonathan, Rachel, Molly, James, Polly, Lydia, Nancy, Betty and David.
(V) Joshua, son of Joseph and Molly Hill, was born November 27, 1766, in Stratham, where he lived and was engaged in farming. He died Sep- tember 7, 1830, aged sixty-seven years. He married Lucy Chase, daughter of Moses and Anna (Rol- lins) Chase, of Stratham. She died July 8, 1834, aged seventy years.
(VI) Chase, son of Joshua and Lucy (Chase) Hill, was born at Stratham, May 20, 1795. He mar- ried Nancy Moore, of Stratham, born October 6, 1793, died December 14, 1881, aged eighty-eight years. Chase Hill died May 23, 1873, aged seventy-eight. He served at Portsmouth in the war of 1812, and was always known in later years as Colonel Hill. He was engaged in the leather business. He re- moved with his family to Concord, and resided there until the time of his death. The children of Chase and Nancy (Moore) Hill were: Elizabeth, Sarah, Thomas P., James R., Frances A., Hannah M. and Henry C.
(VII) James Riggs, fourth child and second son of Chase and Nancy (Moore) Hill, was born in Stratham, December 17, 1821, and came with his parents to Concord in 1836. Soon afterward he entered the employ of Abbott & Downing, and later served an apprenticeship with Greeley & Morrill, harness makers. In 1842 Oliver Greeley and J. R. Hill formed a partnership as Greely & Hill, and went into the harness manufacturing business. It was not long until Mr. Hill became sole proprietor of the business, which he continued until 1865, when the firm of James R. Hill & Company was formed to succeed him. This change was neces- sitated by Mr. Hill becoming interested in various other enterprises in the city, so that he was unable to devote all his time as formerly to the harness business. The partners in the company were J. R. Hill, George H. Emery and Josiah E. Dwight. They manufactured what was known as the "Concord harness," which became famous for its excellence throughout the civilized world. The quality of the harness was due to Mr. Hill's supervision of the business, in which he spent a large share of his time daily, until the end of his life. The events follow- ing the discovery of gold in California created a great demand for harness there in 1849, and in that year he made the first shipment of harness from any eastern point to that region. Four years later he made a shipment to Chile, South America. The profits of the harness business were very large. and were invested by Mr. Hill in real estate and in the erection of buildings. He built large blocks that were first-class structures, and an ornament to the city. In this he excelled any other person in Concord.
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Ile built the State, the Columbian and the Centen- nial blocks, and many smaller structures. In 1866 hie purchased the Phenix Hotel property, and at his death he possessed more real estate in Concord than any other person who has ever lived in the city. For some years before his death Mr. Hill was pro- prietor of the Phenix Hotel, which became widely and favorably known under his management. Mr. Hill was without doubt one of the most successful business men of the state of New Hampshire. His success arose from his knowledge of details and his steady and untiring application to doing things, well coupled with a prudence and economy that permitted no waste. His ability to decide promptly and act with courage and vigor were also prominent elements in his character, and which contributed to his success.
Alr. Hill was a Democrat, and a staunch sup- porter of the principles of Jefferson and Jackson, but he never placed party above principle, and never sought office, always preferring to work for the up- building of his home town in other ways, rather than fill the offices within the gift of its people. When convinced he could be most useful in a public position, he did not refuse its responsibilities, how- ever. Ile was a member of the board of water works commissioners at the time of his death. He was a member of the Masonic Order. He was an attendant of the Congregational Church until the early sixties, and thenceforward until his death worshipped in the St. Paul's Church, Protestant Episcopal.
Mr. llill was twice married. His first wife was Priscilla Chapman, by whom he had two daugh- ters-Lucy Ann, married Josiah E. Dwight, of Mas- sachusetts, who was a partner with Mr. Hill; and Elizabetli, married Henry J. Eaton, of Manchester, New Hampshire. In 1854 Mr. Hill married Sophia L. Pickering, who survived him. She was born in Barnstead, and was a descendant in the seventh generation from John Pickering, who settled in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1633. She was one of the nine children of Joseph and Mary (Lyford) Pickering, and was born September 12, 1828, and dicd October 2, 1889 (see Pickering, VII). The line of her ancestors is as follows: John (1); Thomas (2) ; James (3); John (4); Stephen (5); Jacob (6) ; Joseph (7). Her children were: Ed- son J., born October 19, 1857; Solon P., born March 25, 1859, died July, 1886; Joseph C .. born January 27, 1865, died August 19, 1891 ; Cora F., born Febru- ary 15. 1867. The last is the wife of John I. Monroe, of Brookline, Massachusetts, and has three chil- dren.
Mr. Ilill was thrown from a carriage in Main street, Concord, September 2, 1884, and received injuries from which he suffered until November 10, when he died.
(VIII) Edson James, son of James R. and Sophia (Pickering) Hill, was born in Concord, Oc- tober 19, 1857, and was educated at St. Paul's school. He concluded his education at the age of seventeen, and from 1874 to 1884 he was employed as book- keeper for J. R. Hill & Co. From 1880 he had charge of the Phenix Hotel, and the letting of his father's buildings and collection of rents on the various pieces of property. On the death of his father, Mr. Hill assumed charge of his various business interests, most of which is retained-the harness business be- ing the only one disposed of. From 1884 to 1889 Mr. Hill was landlord of the Phenix Hotel, one of the leading hostelries of the state for half a century. In 1889 the Eagle and Phenix Hotel Com- pany was organized with S. C. Eastman as president ;
Edson J. Hill, treasurer ; and Oliver J. Pelren, man- ager, which positions they have since continuously held. Mr. Hill is president and treasurer of the Hill Associates; president of the Home Realty Company. and trustee of the Union Guaranty Savings Bank. He is also one of the board of water commissioners of Concord, and trustee of the public library. In politics lie is a Democrat, and in 1899, 1903, 1905 and 1907 was elected as such to the assembly of the state of New Hampshire. The first and second terms he served on the committee on banks, and the third term as a member of the ways and means and banking committees. He is a member of St. Paul's Church, of which he is a vestryman, and is also a trustee of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New Hampshire. Mr. Hill is a Knight Templar in Masonry, a member of the Union Club, of Boston, and of the Beaver Meadow Golf Club. He has the keen foresight and aptitude for business that charac- terized his father.
September 23, 1885, Mr. Hill was married to Cora Hubbell, a daughter of Wesley B. and Mary (MIc- Lean) Hubbell, of Zanesville, Ohio. He resides in the house in which he was born, the one erected by his father in 1855, and occupied by him until his death.
It is probable that the following line is HILL descended from John Hill, of Dover, New Hampshire, but the connecting links have been lost, owing to the imperfection of the early records. It is likely that Joseph Hill, mentioned below, was a son of (V) Joshua Hill, of Stratham. (I) William Holbrook, son of Joseph Hill, was born in Epping, New Hampshire, in 1815. When a boy he moved to the neighboring town of Deer- field, where he made his permanent home. He had a farm and general business at Deerfield Parade, and was a man well known and somewhat influential in the community. In politics he was a Whig, afterwards joined the Republican party, and though his town was Democratic half a century ago, he served as selectman in 1852 and 1853, and also as representative. He and his family attended the Free Will Baptist Church. William H. Hill mar- ried for his first wife Sarah Durgin, of Northwood, New Hampshire, and they had nine children : George, Frank, Jacob, Sawyer, Martin, Martha, Samuel. John M. and Charles. By the second marriage there were four children: Caroline, Daniel, Nellie, and one who died in infancy. William H. Hill, the father, died in November, 1897, at the age of eighty-two. His first wife, Mrs. Sarah (Durgin) Hill, died in 1863, when all her older sons were in the Union army in the south.
(II) John Moody, seventh son and eighth and youngest child of William Holbrook and Sarah (Durgin) Hill, was born at Deerfield, New Hamp- shire, October 8, 1852. He was educated in the schools of that town, and worked on his father's farm and in the business until the age of twenty. In 1872 he went to Haverhill, Massachusetts, and engaged in the shoe business, with which he has been connected ever since. He worked at first for the firm of Ordway & Clark, and later became super- intendent for the firm of Griffin Brothers. Mr. Hill afterwards owned a contract shop for hand work, and later, when several firms were consolidated, became superintendent for the Griffin-George Shoe Company. In October, 1895, Mr. Hill was seriously injured by a carriage accident. He spent many months in the Massachusetts General Hospital, and for four or five years was a complete invalid. This necessitated his giving up active work, and he now
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spends bis summers on the Deerfield farm, and in winters goes to Haverhill, where he still keeps up a connection with the shoe factory. In politics Mr. Hill has never been especially interested, but has always kept his voting place in Deerfield. He is much interested in fraternal organizations, especially in the Independent Order of Red Men, in which he has held all the offices. He also belongs to the Odd Fellows and to the Order of United American Me- chanics. He is very fond of outdoor life, and is an enthusiastic sportsman and hunter. On July 3, 1873, John Moody Hill married Mary Adelaide Ladd, daughter of John F. and Mary ( Rollins) Ladd, who was born at Deerfield, New Hampshire, June 20, 1854. (See Ladd, VIII). Mrs. Hill is a member of the Free Will Baptist Church in Deerfield, and be- longs to the Daughters of Rebekah and Daughters of Pocahontas. John M. and Mary (Ladd) Hill have two children: George Vernon, whose sketch follows; and Loleta Estelle, born January 7, 1882. The daughter was educated in the schools of Brad- ford, and for some years was a pupil at Mrs. Gage's private school in that town. In September, 190.4. Loleta E. Hill was married to Charles A. Piper, and they now live in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
(III) George Vernon, only son and elder child of John Moody and Mary ( Ladd) Hill, was born at Deerfield, New Hampshire, November 3, 1875. In 1880 his people moved to Bradford, Massachusetts, and he was educated in the schools of that town, graduating from the high school in 1894. From September, 1891, to February, 1892, he studied at Phillips Academy in Andover, because the college preparatory course was for a time cut out of the Bradford high school, but upon its resumption he returned to his place there. He entered Dartmouth College in the class of 1898, but left college to take part in the Spanish war. While at Dartmouth he ranked well in his studies, winning the usual scholar- ships, and was a contributor to the Dartmouth Liter- ary Monthly. On April 28, 1898, he enlisted as a private in the Eighth Massachusetts United States Volunteers, under Captain William C. Dow and Colonel William A. Pew. This was the only volun- teer regiment in the country that saw a full year's service. In that year, Mr. Hill filled every non- commissioned office in the regiment, and was on special duty almost all the time. The regiment was at Chickamauga, Georgia, from May 5, to Au- gust 28; then at Lexington, Kentucky, till November IO; at Americus, Georgia, till December 20; and in Cuba the remaining four months. Mr. Hill was at first regimental clerk in the adjutant's office, then in the adjutant's office at division headquarters ; and afterward sergeant in the brigade quarter- master's department. He was clerk of the field officer's court from July to April. During the last months he was detailed to detached service for the purpose of taking a census of Matanzas, Pueblo Nuevo and Versailles, all in Cuba. His regiment was engaged in clearing out guerillas from the province of Matanzas, a place which the bandits especially infested, because it is accessible both to the mountains and the fertile regions where the best plantations are cultivated. While in Cuba, Mr. Hill sent weekly letters to the Boston Globe.
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